Mega Mike
The summer is heating up, and so is construction on the 95 Express Lanes.
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Prince William
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — New steel is being erected as part of the 95 Express Lanes Project tomorrow night, and that means the southbound ramp from I-95 to U.S. 1 at Woodbridge will close to traffic.
The closure will start at midnight Thursday, June 13 and end at 5 a.m. Friday, June 14. Drivers needed to access U.S. 1 south will be detoured to Prince William Parkway where they will be able to follow signs and head east toward U.S. 1, said Virginia Megaprojects spokesman Steve Titunik.
Virginia democrats now have their ticket set for upcoming fall election.
After the results of yesterday’s primary elections, Virginia Senator Ralph Northam, of Accomack County on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, beat out Aneesh Chopra by nearly 10 points, with 54 % of the vote. A medical doctor, former circuit court judge, and former Commonwealth Attorney, Northam will face Republican E.W Jackson this fall in a race to be the next Lt. Governor of Virginia.
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For the weatherwise, the forecast is not looking promising for Thursday.
The potential for widespread, damaging thunderstorms that will impact our area is very real, according to a National Weather Service special weather statement. Noting a “significant weather threat” for Thursday, the storms may contain tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail.
![Doris Woodring, 103, celebrated her birthday at a special surprise party at her favorite local grocery, Giant Food, where she enjoyed birthday cake. [Mary Davidson / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/061213-Woodring-02.jpg)
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Doris Woodring turned 103-years-old on Monday. For that milestone, she went grocery shopping.
Woodring has lived in the Westminster at Lake Ridge retirement community since 1995. Ever since she moved in, she has went to a Giant Food store in Lake Ridge at least twice a week.
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Update 12:30 p.m. Wednesday
Two Prince William County firefighters were injured in a blaze in Woodbridge Tuesday after they became trapped on the roof of a burning home.
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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas Park is leaving the Prince William County Library System.
The city is expected to save $500,000 annually with the move. It’s a public library system Manassas Park has paid into since the early 1970s, said Prince William Library System Director Dick Murphy.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Transportation officials will consider new modes of transportation in the U.S. 1 corridor from Fairfax to Prince William counties as a new study is set to get underway.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell announced Monday officials will spend 12 months speaking with the public and looking into transportation solutions such as light rail, bus rapid transit, and a possible extension of Metro into the congested corridor. The area of U.S. 1 between the Capital Beltway in Alexandria and Va. 123 in Woodbridge will be examined, as it his home to two major military installations, Fort Belvoir and Quantico, several commercial development and residential developments, and miles of commuter traffic.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The first prices for new homes in the Potomac Shores neighborhood near Dumfries are out today.
The developer of the 2,000-acre property, California-based SunCal, said the first home sites at the master planned neighborhood are now in development, and their design of the homes are meant to mirror styles seen in areas throughout the Mid-Atlantic region from South Carolina to Delaware, according to a company spokesman.
MANASSAS, Va. — A woman was raped by a man wielding a BB gun, police said.
It happened on Saturday after a 21-year-old woman from Manassas picked up an known acquaintance who directed her to drive to the area of Par Drive and Vint Hill Road in Nokesville. Once there, the man pulled out the gun – later determined to be a BB gun – and raped the woman, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.